Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Using the Rejected Vault Code

The 2013-2016 Code was supposed to include big changes to the Vault Final scoring.  As opposed to Vault 1 Difficulty and Execution + Vault 2 Difficulty and Execution, scores were supposed to be determined using the formula, Difficulty of Vault 1/2 + Difficulty of Vault 2/2+ [10- (Deductions of Vault 1 + Deductions of Vault 2)].  This equation puts a greater emphasis on execution, so I decided to use this equation to alter the 2012 Olympic Vault Final and 2011 Worlds Vault Final.

2012 Olympic Vault Final
 Sandra Izbasa: Original Average 15.191
6.1/2+5.8/2+[10-(.717+.8)]
3.05+2.9+(10-1.517)
5.95+8.483
New Score- 14.433
Place
Old: 1
New:1

McKayla Maroney: Original Average 15.083
6.5/2+6.1/2+[10-(.334+1.8)]
3.25=3.05+(10-2.134)
6.3+7.866
14.166-.3
New Score- 13.866
Place
Old: 2
New: 4

Maria Paseka: Original Average 15.050
6.5/2+5.6/2+[10-(1.1+.9)]
3.25+2.8+(10-2)
6.05+8
New Score- 14.05
Place
Old: 3
New: 2

Janine Berger: Original Average 15.016
6.3/2+6/2+[10-(1.167+1.1)]
3.15+3+(10-2.267)
6.15+7.733
New Score- 13.883
Place
Old: 4
New 3

Oksana Chusovitina: Original Average 14.783
6.3/2+5.5/2+[10-(1.2+1.034)]
3.15+2.75+(10-2.234)
5.9+7.66
New Score- 13.666
Place
Old: 5
New 5

Yamilet Pena: Original Average 14.516
7.1/2+5.8+[10-(2.434+1.334)]
3.55+2.9+(10-3.768)
6.45+6.232
12.686-.1
New Score- 12.586
Place
Old: 6
New: 7

Brittany Rodgers: Original Average 14.483
5.8/2+5.6/2+[10-(1.034+1.4)]
2.9+2.8+(10-2.434)
5.7+7.566
New Score- 13.266
Place
Old: 7
New: 6

I did not do Ellie Black's average, for obvious, sad reasons.
New Placings
Izbasa
Paseka
Berger
Maroney
Chusovitina
Rodgers
Pena
Black

As you can see here, the biggest change is Maroney dropping from a silver medal to fourth.  Also, Pena dropped only one spot, the result of sitting down her Produnova.  This system, as you can clearly see here, shows that if you go for the difficulty, you better be able to do it well.

2011 Worlds Vault Final
McKayla Maroney: Original Average 15.3
6.5/2+5.6/2+[10-(.7+.8)]
3.25+2.8+(10-1.5)
6.05+8.5
New Score- 14.55
Place
Old: 1
New:

Oksana Chusovitina: Original Average 14.733
6.3/2+5.5/2+[10-(1.234+1.1)]
3.15+2.75+(10-2.334)
5.9+7.666
New Score- 13.566
Place
Old: 2
New:

Phan Thi Ha Thanh: Original Average 14.666
5.9/2+5.8/2+[10-(1.3+1.067)]
2.95+2.9+(10-2.367)
5.85+7.633
New Score- 13.483
Place
Old: 3
New:

Jade Barbosa: Original Average 14.566
5.8/2+5.6/2+[10-(.934+1.334)]
2.9+2.8+(10-2.268)
5.7+7.731
New Score- 13.432
Place
Old: 4
New:

Gulia Steingruber: Original Average 14.450
6.3/2+5.2/2+[10-(1.4+1.2)]
3.15+2.6+(10-2.6)
5.75+7.4
New Score- 13.15
Place
Old: 5
New:

Tatiana Nabieva: Original Average: 14.349
5.8/2+5.2/2+[10-(1.234+1.067)]
2.9+2.6+(10-2.301)
5.5+7.699
New Score- 13.199
Place
Old: 6
New:

Alexa Moreno: Original Average 14.216
6.3/2+5.2/2+[10-(1.567+1.5)]
3.15+2.6+(10-3.067)
5.75+6.933
New Score- 12.683
Place
Old: 8
New:

I also did not include Pena because she scored a 0 on her second vault.
Placings
Maroney
Chusovitina
Phan
Barbosa
Nabieva
Steingruber
Moreno
Pena

There is only one change here, which surprised me.  Tatiana Nabieva scored higher here than Gulia Steingruber.  Once again, this goes to show that in this system, execution is weighted higher than difficulty.

 Personally, I think while it looks confusing, this system is better than simple averages.  I like the way it weighs safe, clean gymnastics higher than terrifying high difficulty vaults.  If this system was implemented, we would see less chucked vaults, make the vault final MUCH more aesthetically pleasing.

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